Bonefish Grill – Orlando International Airport
Bonefish Grill recently expanded its operations and opened a new storefront in a new plaza right by the Orlando International Airport. I was graciously invited by the establishment on this evening to try their new place out.
The first course that my companion Kha and I had was the calamari for appetizer. The calamari were lightly fried and served with marinara sauce and Thai sweet hot sauce, quite delicious for starters.
We also had the crab cakes, served with a scrumptious red remoulade. The crab cakes were made with pure chunks of crab meat and was tasty but I did think they fell apart a bit too easily, unless that is how they make their cakes. I don’t mind that there is less breading than the usual restaurant crab cakes though!
For our entrees, my companion Kha ordered the grilled Grouper, a white fish, served with a chimichurri sauce. The fish was large and served with potatoes and seasonal vegetables for a side. The grouper could have used some more seasoning, some simple salt and pepper, to be perfect. My order was the Chilean sea bass, Pan Asian style, with a sweet glaze and wasabi sauce. The fish was quite delicious, though a bit sweet.
For our dessert, we finished things off with a flourless brownie, a super mountain of brownie loaded with macadamia nuts with a raspberry sauce and vanilla ice cream and whipped cream.
A perfect ending to the night.
Special Thanks to Toby Srebnik of TilsonPR and the lovely managers at Bone Fish grill for hosting this event for us this evening!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonian_toothfish
chilean sea bass is just the U.S.A 'market-friendly' name given for this fish. additionally, not a fish you'd want to eat if you're a sustainable-minded person, since they tend to be overfished and don't mature until they're 10-12 y/o.
I will try this Bonefish though, as I received some offer in the mail for a 4 course dinner-type thing for 2.
they are overfished 🙁 make sure u get the dessert!
If you are looking for a new seafood place to check out, try TJ's Seafood Shack in Oviedo. It's on Mitchell Hammock, in the same plaza as the Outback. Family-owned and operated, friendly service, great fresh and healthy food (if you stick to the grilled/blackened items).
Yumm, looks very good. My only prior experience with Bonefish Grill is at the one in Ormond Beach, but it was a good experience. I'll have to give this place a try next time I'm in the area. Nice pics, too.
I think it's great they are reaching out to bloggers, looks like I may be going for the first time soon. It will be the one on Osceola Pkwy, not sure why it has the lowest rating on Urban spoon though. Great post.
a Flickr contact just told me about http://www.airportdining.net/
Looks like it could be useful.
Cheers,
Ate there for my anniversary, and was extremely disappointed. Ordered the calamari for an appetizer. I can't say it was inedible, but I found it to be rubbery, and half of the order was fried peppers. We ate less than half and it bothered me that our server didn't ask why there was so much left over. We had the corn/crab soup and enjoyed it very much. I ordered the sea bass and found it to be tasteless and rubbery, like it had sat under the heat lamp too long. My husband and I each ate two bites and asked for to go boxes (to bring it home and feed the dogs). Again, no one asked if we liked the food. I won't every go back. I'll stick with high tide harry's personally.